This is a list of English prepositions. In English, some prepositions are short, typically containing five letters or fewer. There are, however, a significant number of multi-word prepositions. Throughout the history of the English language, new prepositions have come into use, old ones fallen out of use, and the meaning of existing prepositions changed. Nonetheless, the prepositions are by and large a closed class.

Single words

• aboard
• about
• above
• across
• after
• against
• along
• among
• around
• at
• athwart
• atop
• barring
• before
• behind
• below
• beneath
• beside
• besides
• between
• beyond
• but
• by
• concerning
• despite
• down
• during
• except
• failing
• following
• for
• from
• in
• inside
• into
• like
• mid (from "amid". Usually used poetically.)
• minus
• near
• next
• notwithstanding (also used postpositionally)
• of
• off
• on
• onto
• opposite
• out
• outside
• over
• past
• per
• plus
• regarding
• round
• save
• since
• than
• through
• throughout
• till
• times
• to
• toward
• towards
• under
• underneath
• unlike
• until
• up
• upon
• via
• with
• within
• without
• worth

Two words

• according to
• ahead of
• aside from
• because of
• close to
• due to
• except for
• far from
• in to (contracted as into)
• inside of (note that inside out is an adjective, not a preposition)
• instead of
• near to
• next to
• on to (contracted as onto)
• out from
• out of
• outside of
• owing to
• prior to
• pursuant to
• regardless of
• subsequent to